{"id":482729,"date":"2025-09-13T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/chris-duarte-conquers-his-first-title-with-unicaja-in-the-andalusian-cup\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T22:00:59","slug":"chris-duarte-conquers-his-first-title-with-unicaja-in-the-andalusian-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/chris-duarte-conquers-his-first-title-with-unicaja-in-the-andalusian-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Duarte conquers his first title with Unicaja in the Andalusian Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"C\u00f3rdoba, Spain. \u2013 Dominican <strong>Chris Duarte<\/strong> had a dream debut with his new team, <strong>Unicaja M\u00e1laga<\/strong>, by winning the <strong>Andalusia Cup 2025<\/strong> this Saturday after the <strong>89-81<\/strong> victory over Covir\u00e1n Granada, in a Vista Alegre Sports Palace that registered a full house with 3,500 fans.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/baloncesto\/chris-duarte-pone-en-pausa-su-carrera-y-es-seria-duda-para-la-americup-por-lesion-en-la-espald\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">:Chris Duarte puts his career on hold and is a serious doubt for the AmeriCup due to a back injury<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe Puerto Plata player, in just his <strong>second official match with the Malaga team<\/strong>, contributed <strong>nine points<\/strong> and was key in several offensive passages for Unicaja to lift the trophy for the <strong>eighteenth time<\/strong> in its history.\n\nThe match was marked by parity during the first three quarters. Granada dominated the start (21-26), but Unicaja reacted in the second quarter with a <strong>9-0 run<\/strong> before halftime (45-40). Duarte had offensive prominence in this stretch, while the American Matt Thomas led the rival offense.\n\nIn the second half, Covir\u00e1n Granada regained a minimal lead (64-65) after an exchange of three-pointers, leaving everything to be decided in the final quarter. However, Unicaja showed composure in the crucial minutes: a technical foul on the rival bench opened the definitive gap that the M\u00e1laga team managed until the end to secure the victory (89-81).\n\nAmong those who stood out for Unicaja were <strong>David Kravish (18 points)<\/strong> and <strong>Tyson P\u00e9rez (16)<\/strong>, accompanied by a solid collective effort.\n\nWith this title, Chris Duarte not only starts his time in Spanish basketball on the right foot, but also gains confidence for the demanding season in the <strong>Liga Endesa<\/strong> and in European competitions, where his talent is expected to continue growing.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00f3rdoba, Spain. \u2013 Dominican Chris Duarte had a dream debut with his new team, Unicaja M\u00e1laga, by winning the Andalusia Cup 2025 this Saturday after the 89-81 victory over Covir\u00e1n Granada, in a Vista Alegre Sports Palace that registered a full house with 3,500 fans. You may be interested in:Chris Duarte puts his career on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":482730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,40853],"class_list":["post-482729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-21zX","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Chris-Duarte.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"EFE","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1200px-EFE_logo.svg-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Chris-Duarte.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}